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adjective

Uncertain adj.

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. "Man, without the protection of a superior Being,... is uncertain of everything that he hopes for."

Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze. "O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please!"

Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical. "The fashion of uncertain evils." "From certain dangers to uncertain praise."

Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible. "Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim." "Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone."

Synonyms: See Precarious.

verb

Uncertain v. t. To make uncertain. (Obs.)

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"Uncertain" Quotes from Famous Books

... for a few seconds before answering, uncertain whether it would be wiser to say who she was, or merely to describe her as a child of the tribe. Deciding on the former course, in the hope of impressing the Blackfoot with a sense ...

— The Prairie Chief • R.M. Ballantyne

... right there," he agreed. "But you must allow for it. He's very uncertain of his foothold, ...

— Love and Lucy • Maurice Henry Hewlett

... true this is you feel as you look at the Great Pyramid by night. It seems to breathe out mystery. The immense base recalls to you the labyrinth within; the long descent from the tiny slit that gives you entrance, your uncertain steps in its hot, eternal night, your falls on the ice-like surfaces of its polished blocks of stone, the crushing weight that seemed to lie on your heart as you stole uncertainly on, summoned almost as by the desert; your sensation of being for ever imprisoned, ...

— The Spell of Egypt • Robert Hichens

... through the habit of thinking as He walked, and so appeared shorter than He was. Judas was to all appearances fairly strong and well knit, though for some reason or other he pretended to be weak and somewhat sickly. He had an uncertain voice. Sometimes it was strong and manly, then again shrill as that of an old woman scolding her husband, provokingly thin, and disagreeable to the ear, so that ofttimes one felt inclined to tear out his words from the ear, like rough, decaying splinters. His short red locks failed to ...

— The Crushed Flower and Other Stories • Leonid Andreyev

... me, if not wholly," I responded. "It is an uncertain sense of some duty to perform, that brings my thoughts, and therefore my words, continually ...

— The Blithedale Romance • Nathaniel Hawthorne

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